>MB>>Jess,
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>MB>>So was I. Many applications I have built needed spreadsheet/word processing type functionality. It's a fairly common need in application development. It has never existed in Fox. The closest we come is to the RTF control and that's not part of VFP (it's an ActiveX COMponent).
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>MB>>Fox is not a one stop shop for today's applications. I don't believe it ever really was. It provided a heck of a lot, sure. But not everything.
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>JB>Asking for spreadsheet/word processor is too much, it's becoming redundant because of ActiveX support.
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>Thank you Jess. You have just proved my point. VFP is not the panacea for application development. It is the key and glue for our applications but we can and do use other products via COM (activex is part of com)and other technologies to make our apps fully functional beyond what native VFP supports.
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>The question with security in the DBC is one part of this. I would like to see something rudimentary in the DBC but if I need real security, I use SQL server or something like it.

Yes, we can. But it is becoming disservice to our client if we always suggests third party product (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase etc.) because it will cost them extra bucks. Remember, Foxpro became so popular before because of its native database engine as it support Rushmore Technology, and so, we will be losing that unique strength if we will abandone it that easy.